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DREW: Coming up on "Property Brothers"...
Come on. It's brothers helping brothers.
Let's do this.
[ Cheers ]
JONATHAN: We have uncovered so many structural issues
that we need to deal with.
DREW: We have to go for a renovation property.
They are not willing to come any lower.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's 10 or 20 grand.
To have this major stuff dropped on us today, it hurts.
Welcome to your new home.
Whoo!
Chris and Mike really remind me of us.
They're brothers, they're go-getters,
and with the scruff, ruggedly handsome.
JONATHAN: Yeah, but they're living situation's totally different.
They still live at home.
Even though it's in the pool house, it's with Mom and Dad.
And no bachelor wants to live like that.
So these two need to bust out of the nest fast.
Bing, bing, bing. Bing, bing.
And I'm Mike.
Yeah, we're brothers.
Definitely outgoing, social people.
I like to be out, always doing things, very active.
Mike is the more crazy brother.
Ohhh! That's how you set them up.
Little rope-a-dope.
We live in a tiny pool house in our parents' backyard.
It's small.
You know, my room's tiny. We share a bathroom.
Pretty much the only thing we use in this kitchen is...
the refrigerator.
CHRIS: So all the necessities --
your light beers, your lagers, your ales.
CHRIS: I mean, you can see, when we have a couple friends over,
there's already no place to sit.
This is pretty much our max right now.
We have, you know, a handful of friends over,
and we're busting at the gills.
CHRIS: We both work from home,
so there's not a ton of space for living and working.
Everything kind of collides if you're having friends over.
We've been here a long time and saved some money,
but it's time to get out.
I think we've worn out our welcome with our parents.
We agree on a lot of stuff on our wish list.
Yeah, I think the dream home starts with an open kind of concept --
somewhere where we can entertain.
I think we're looking for four bedrooms.
Yeah, I think we're looking for more bedrooms
because we're hoping to have some roommates to help pay the mortgage.
We'd like something with a central location,
close to all the places we hang out.
Two baths so we're not stepping on each other.
And drop a Kegerator in there, man.
I mean, most of us are drinking beer tonight.
So, like something that we could just have that on tap.
Find me. Find me.
Definitely would prefer to be a move-in-ready house, you know.
I mean, definitely don't want to do a renovation.
It seems like a lot of work. There's always surprises.
We've been working hard for a long time.
We've saved up a lot of money. And we don't want to settle.
We want to find something we love.
MIKE: $690,000's our max budget.
That's us, you know, taking all of our rolls of quarters
and putting them together.
Come on. It's brothers helping brothers.
[ Chuckles ]
Well, this could be the ultimate party palace.
They're guests would never want to leave.
And they're never gonna want to leave once they hear about all the cool features.
Yeah, once they hear about the price, they'll probably start
rethinking the whole idea of leaving Mom and Dad's place.
This place has the bedrooms you need, the bathrooms you need, and is move-in ready.
Ooh, baby.
CHRIS: Man, it's very, very open.
Yeah, it's awesome.
Does this scream "bachelor pad"?
I could see entertaining here.
You guys nailed it.
This is a beautiful custom home
with this nice open floor plan.
It's been built over the last three years.
And that view in the back is unbelievable.
It's just crazy.
And all these glass doors right here that show you the outside.
Man, this is awesome. These windows.
DREW: Two thumbs up.
If you want a spacious dining room
to fit all your friends -- What do you think?
Oh, man.
You have all the natural light from the front and the back.
And you have all the size to have a massive table in here.
Wow. This is nuts. This is crazy. Look at this.
MIKE: I love the use of space. I love the island, the long island.
You can have people around the table,
kind of hanging out and drinking in this room.
I'm ready to move in, man.
Yeah, we'll take it.
Before we talk numbers, I want to show you that basement space,
because this is the perfect party pad.
Whoa, Daddy.
Got a whole nother house down here, man.
Yeah, this is the space, man.
Look at that. Full bar.
This is the perfect entertainment space.
You could fit a pool table in here,
or you could just have the big-screen TV on the wall for watching games.
This is the type of room where you can get a little rowdy in,
too, where you're not afraid about breaking a window.
You wanted a house with four bedrooms,
at least two bathrooms,
and enough square footage for you to really entertain --
bring friends over and have a great time.
This is that house.
You have two extra bedrooms down here.
Then you could each have your own office.
How many bedrooms are we up to now?
We have six bedrooms in this house in total.
But the main thing is it's move-in ready. That's what you wanted.
Yeah, so let's just -- Let's make the offer and go.
Well, your max budget is $690,000.
It's listed for $1,395,000.
Ohhh!
[ Laughter ]
So we're almost there.
You're halfway there.
Yeah, but how can we find something we absolutely love
that's gonna be in our price range
if this is twice as much as what we want?
Some of these houses are in pretty rough shape.
And so it gives us a lot of opportunity to fix them up,
give you what you want.
Yeah, and I will say, I think after seeing this house,
we're gonna have to add a few more things to the wish list,
like a lot of natural lighting, a chef's kitchen,
private backyard is nice.
A growing wish list -- well, that's a first.
Yeah, usually people want to hit you
Well, I felt no pain today.
Now, even though they weren't thrilled about the price,
they are cool with the idea of a renovation.
Yeah, and why not? It's brothers helping brothers
create the ultimate bachelor pad.
What could go wrong?
Here's the house.
Now, it does need some updates, but it's a big home,
and it has had $60,000 of improvements --
new furnace, AC unit, new driveway.
They didn't invest in raking leaves, that's for sure.
Yeah, we can tell that.
Come on in.
[ Bird chirps ]
Huh.
You know, carpets on carpets. More carpets.
It actually feels like a hobbit home.
Well, look.
You guys can't walk through there.
I can walk through here. Come on in here.
This is your front room. It's very compartmentalized.
I think that's what you probably mean.
There's potential with this house
because you have almost 3,000 square feet.
Wow.
Chris and Mike should be happy with this place.
It has the character that they've just added to their wish list,
plus 3,000 square feet over two stories,
four bedrooms, three full baths, two half baths.
It definitely meets the growing wish-list requirements,
and it has that guest bathroom, the extra entertainment space,
and even a pool.
Let's just hope it's a hit with them.
I don't see a lot of cracks. I don't see a lot of settling.
It looks like the house is well-made. It's just boring.
MIKE: Is there a hardwood under there?
You do not have hardwood under here.
So if you were looking to do hardwood, it's actually a good thing --
you could rip up the tile, too,
and just do one even flooring through the whole space.
Yeah, I'm trying to figure out
where you would arrange furniture in here
if this would be, like, an entertaining room
with the TV.
I'm not sure where you would --
Well, you have two options.
If you wanted to keep this as a separate front room
for entertaining, you could do that.
Or we could blast that wall out of there,
and, if you tuck around here,
you'll see we have a whole other entertaining area.
DREW: This would be one huge space.
Ah, okay.
I am totally picturing the entertainment happening in here,
because just picture a little bit of music.
[ Laughs ]
"Hey, seen you around."
That line never worked for you
back in the day, and don't even try it now.
Do you think it would awkward to come into, like,
the front door and kind of be in this space?
Not at all, actually. I like the fact that it would be kind of open.
I really like the fact that you would see through to the beautiful backyard.
There's a pool, obviously. You can see that.
Oh, baby.
That's something we can look at at the end.
DREW: You guys like to entertain.
MIKE: Oh, yeah.
CHRIS: Nice privacy fence, too, you know?
Get some laps in there. Put a diving board.
It's all treed all the way around, so you have a lot of privacy.
Bathing suits optional.
[ Laughs ]
This house has the square footage
for you to bring in a ton of guests,
to have a lot of friends over.
And it would be beautiful,
especially if Jonathan opened up this wall.
I think if we opened up and have some more space, you're exactly right.
I can see that open floor plan.
DREW: Come on through here.
JONATHAN: They have upgraded to laminate flooring...
but not the really nice new stuff that we see today.
So, everything in here, from the off-white fridge,
the old, dated appliances, honey-oak cabinets,
we want to see that gone.
We would put in the slickest, coolest kitchen
you guys have ever seen.
You'd have all-new cabinets,
and it would be right open into the dining room.
I know you like the contemporary look that's polished,
but I also know you're quirky guys.
So I'll make sure the design reflects that
with a few unusual pieces and interesting art.
With the wall down, this space will be ideal for entertaining.
And whether you ever learn to cook or not,
I think a lavish chef's kitchen with an added bar space
will be sure to impress
any dates you bring home for late-night snacks.
Love Jonathan's idea to open up that dining room to the kitchen.
That'd be a great place to entertain.
Although we don't cook a lot,
but as long as there's a beer fridge, we're good.
This could be that basement that you were hoping for.
Oh, my God. This is terrible.
You get the cabin feel here, which is nice, in a city.
I don't like that at all.
JONATHAN: As long as you don't get cabin fever.
I do miss house today that don't have these rec rooms like they used to,
because they've got the bar,
they've got the fireplace, they've got tons of space.
It's all cosmetic down here,
but this is all completely extra space.
And the way I see it,
you'll need that for all the entertaining you do.
I'll reface the fireplace
and take out all that old cottage-look wood
to create a sophisticated rec room that gives a nod
to the old-fashioned bachelor life.
I'll completely redo the staircase
and put in a bar for mixing drinks,
and, yes, it'll have a massive beer fridge
for stocking all your necessities.
You gut that room and it fits within the budget,
then I think you could make a really, really cool entertainment space.
Yeah, I could see a TV, tables, entertainment down there.
We'd spend a lot of time down there.
We like rustic, but this is too far.
This is like a dungeon, castle-y vibe.
MIKE: Imagine our friends coming over
[Chuckling] and just, like, entertaining in this room.
I think demo would be easy.
I think we'd just light a match.
This feels right.
Thank you, sir.
Well, what do you think about having a pool?
Yeah, the pool's nice. I mean, it's not something that was on our wish list,
but, certainly, to be able to swim in the summers is a nice addition.
JONATHAN: I can picture you guys kicking back in your bikinis...
I bet you can picture that.
He does, yeah.
Your max budget is $690,000.
And you didn't want to spend all of that, which is a good thing.
Yeah, so what do you think the list price is on this property?
$525,000?
I think with location and all the updates it needs,
I would go $430,000?
This house is listed for $450,000.
Wow.
That's lower than I thought.
Hey, and it leaves us a lot of room in our budget, as well.
Well, renovated houses in this neighborhood
are selling for well over $700,000.
I mean, there is a lot of room for improvement here.
It's gonna take a fair bit of work from Jonathan
to make this more valuable, but the potential's there.
I could knock it out of the park with this place.
We could make it your perfect dream home.
It would cost about $140,000,
and I'd have it completely done in seven weeks.
The couple things I really don't like are the low ceilings.
You want higher ceilings.
I do. I definitely do.
CHRIS: Yeah, I think being able to reach up and touch the ceilings
made the rooms feel smaller than they were.
This house is listed for $450,000,
and with $140,000 renovation,
that brings us in under $600,000.
I mean, that's a lot of room
between that and your max budget.
And, in fact, I can probably get this house for less than $450,000
because it's been on the market for a month.
Yeah, but I guess we're not a afraid to stretch the budget
a little bit if it gets us more things we want.
The high ceilings, more light,
you know, larger entertainment rooms --
Those are some things I don't know that we want to give up yet.
It's definitely a house to consider.
I mean, it hit a lot of things on our checklist.
There's a few missing, but, you know, no house is perfect.
Well, the few missing are the ones that you're adding right now.
So now that you've clarified some of those points,
I'll make sure to find a place with that.
We like the overall plan for this house,
but I mean, you know, this is our first house.
We want to find something we love.
Let's not settle. Let's keep looking.
Yeah, we've got some of the checklist items here,
but let's try to get a few more of them.
This house has four bedrooms. It has great square footage.
It also is very close to all the amenities you'd want.
I'm not feeling the vibe from you.
Yeah, I just don't think this house is great for us entertaining.
Here we go. This is a big house.
I know it's a little further than you wanted to be,
but it's worth it with a house like this,
MIKE: it looks beautiful from the outside.
The house is beautiful, but I can't see myself living this far away.
When we said big, we mean big.
Let's double this.
Here it is. This house is the neighborhood you want.
Historic home with some modern flair when Jonathan's finished.
MIKE: It's pretty big. It reminds me of my elementary school.
It looks like a school.
It's huge.
Come on in.
Look at the size of these ceilings -- 12-foot ceilings.
Although, the ceilings do look like they're falling down.
I mean, there's a lot of water damage in here.
This is an old structure built in 1935.
You can see the paint's cracking over here,
the walls are a little warped.
There's a lot of problems I see.
Like, the roof is falling apart, The fixtures, I don't like.
The fireplace looks like it's coming down.
I don't know, man.
This seems like almost too much to take on.
There are upgrades to this home that are great.
They've got forced air all the way through,
so you already have central heat.
You can add an air conditioner, have central air, as well.
Yeah, I don't know if this is the one.
This just feels like it's cold, dark, and old,
which is not really our vibe.
This house definitely meets Chris and Mike's growing wish list.
With over $4,600 square feet,
this place has four bedrooms,
a separate rental apartment,
and multiple rooms for sitting, working, sleeping --
whatever you want to do with the place.
It definitely delivers on all their new wants,
but I'm curious to see if this is a little bit too much house for them to handle.
Keep in mind there's a lot that would change
and we've only looked at one room.
Yeah, let's hope it gets a little better.
JONATHAN: Let's hope your attitude gets a little better.
Your wish list has been growing.
I've been working hard to try and find you a house that fits everything you're asking for.
The potential is here.
Upstairs, you have three bedrooms.
They're all a great size.
You also have three bathrooms in this house.
Keep in mind, there's also a suite,
and it has been rented for up to $1,400,
and that's a little added income if you wanted to keep it as a suite.
Otherwise, there's another bedroom and bathroom right there for you guys.
Well, that's the first good thing I've heard since we got here.
A little bit lighter and brighter on this side.
And I will say, being in this space with the high ceilings,
you can see you can really get a lot of people in here and not feel like you're cramped.
So in terms of entertaining, that would be a big plus.
What was that you were just trying to do?
Testing out my dance moves.
You need to keep practicing.
Are you a karate robot when you dance?
Come on through here.
DREW: This is your formal dining room.
You can tell by the formal light fixture.
Not quite your taste.
MIKE: No. Not at all.
I don't like anything
that looks like it was, you know, 18th century.
And I'm gonna strategically stand right here
to cover the breaking plaster wall.
One thing I think would be great is if we had the sight line
that goes all the way from the front of the house
right through to the back.
So I think that we would maybe push this open
a little bit wider.
And then the one over there, kick that wall
all the way across to about the same opening,
and then you'd see right through to the kitchen.
It would look awesome.
Let's head through here.
You can see they've done some updates to the space.
These cabinets were probably done in the '90s or early 2000.
It's not the best layout for a kitchen.
CHRIS: It seems very awkward to have
a "sink, cabinets, kitchen kind-of-type" space,
and then this, as well.
They should have opened up this wall.
In fact, we should eliminate that wall,
have a beautiful, big island here
that you can see all the way to the front of the house.
Let's get rid of the floors,
and then just take this whole wall right out of here.
JONATHAN: I'm gonna knock your socks off
with the design and functionality.
I'll put a Kegerator into the island
to make sure you actually use this kitchen.
But I think, with enough inspiration,
you two might learn to cook.
I'll open up the doorway to the dining room,
and I'll decorate with an eclectic mix
of modern and traditional furnishings
so that the space is updated
but in keeping with the original house.
Jonathan's reno ideas are great.
Everything he said was --
It's tough to envision it 'cause we've never done this before.
We've never owned a house.
We've never done any construction like this before.
But walking through it and him kind of, like,
holding our hand along the way,
like, you could see his vision, and he was very confident
that he could do some really good stuff with the space.
Now, you did say on your wish list
that you wanted a stained-glass window, right?
Hmm? Can't say I remember that.
Oh, right, no, that wasn't on your wish list.
That was on the listing for this house. Look at the living room.
That is a a feature you will not see in most houses.
You would not be allowed to remove that.
I will warn you now, the historical society
will require that that stays because this is a heritage home.
JONATHAN: Don't look at it as a bad thing.
I think it's actually kind of cool.
This is like a great room. It's a great entertaining room.
That is a feature that you don't find in any new homes.
It is original.
I don't know. I love this room. I love this space.
It's got a great wall of windows.
Again, I hate the floors that were carried through from the kitchen.
And that stained-glass window, that might be a deal killer.
Maybe ignore that then.
If I can win you back with the character of some of the wood over here.
They have some nice traditional elements, which you asked for.
And then turn around and look out this wall of windows.
This is a great backyard for entertaining.
Look at that deck.
CHRIS: Yeah, now this is something we can get used to.
MIKE: Yeah, it's like a whole nother room.
After seeing the stained-glass window, this helps a little bit.
Honestly, I say we keep the stained glass,
redo the furniture in here, and give that fireplace a facelift.
I'm also gonna buy you a pool table
'cause I think it's a little more grown-up than foosball,
but you can still enjoy that brotherly competition.
It'll be a combination party space and media room
with a big-screen TV
and more than enough seating for all your friends.
I think, really, kind of, like, once we got past
the stained-glass window,
helped us really realize that this could be a space
where we could live in and entertain in.
Well, it all comes down to the numbers.
Your max budget is $690,000.
But you were really pushing back
for more items on your wish list.
But your not pushing your price point up at all.
So you can appreciate, for me, it's really tough
to find you all those extras you're looking for in that same $690,000 budget.
This house is listed at $569,900.
Wow.
I'm nervous about the price,
and I'm also nervous about upkeeping a house that massive.
And we've got a budget, but stretching it to the max
would definitely put some more stress on us.
But as far as the renos are concerned, it's substantial.
There's a lot that has to be done here.
In fact, I think our reno budget would around $120,000.
But we'll have this whipped into shape in six weeks.
That's pretty nice, though. I mean, $120,000.
Maybe I can get that price point down a little bit more.
You won't even use your max budget.
Yeah, any savings on the price would be great.
And you have million-dollar homes all around you.
The renovated houses in this neighborhood
Wow.
Something you need to know, though -- This is a foreclosure.
So this is actually a bank-owned property.
They actually have it set up in the state here,
for foreclosure properties,
that if you're buying it as your primary residence,
you have first dibs.
But if we don't get an offer in within the week,
then that means all those investors, they can come along,
and they can start bidding on the property.
So we got to act quick.
Okay.
Think it through, as well as that other property
that was your top contender.
These are both great properties.
And then tomorrow, I'll touch base.
Let's put an offer in on something.
It's exciting.
Do you want to go back in and look at the stained-glass window for a bit longer?
Chris and Mike are deciding
between two great potential party palaces.
One's a regular sale, and one's a foreclosure.
I'm meeting with Chris and Mike right now.
I have the paperwork ready.
I just need to know which house they want to go for.
We need to figure out this house situation.
We have two great options --
the hobbit house, and then we have the schoolhouse.
Please.
The hobbit house is listed at $450,000.
My target price would be $440,000.
I think that's a fair market value for the place.
The renovations will be $140,000.
There's a fair bit of work to do there now.
Remember, too, that's a little further out.
So you are getting a little more *** for your buck. It's not gonna cost as much.
And it leaves a lot of room in our budget.
It does. That's 110 grand below your max budget of $690,000.
We would come in at that $580,000.
And that's a seven-week renovation.
Now, the schoolhouse, that place is listed $569,900.
My target price would be $545,000.
I think that's a fair market value for the place.
I think at $545,000, that's a great deal.
So if we get the house for $545,000,
we do a $120,000 renovation,
that'll bring us in at a total of $665,000.
25 grand below your max budget.
I think we've kind of figured it out.
Yeah. I think we're going with the schoolhouse.
Yeah.
It just boils down to location
and being close to everything and our friends.
And just the space. It's a great space.
We know that you guys can do some amazing things with it.
We feel really comfortable.
And at $545,000, we're pumped. We're super pumped.
I'm gonna get this offer in -- $545,000.
Hopefully I can lock that down.
Remember, though, we're dealing with a bank here.
It's a foreclosure. So that can be a bit of a pain.
Don't disappoint us, man.
I will try not to. Enjoy your drinks.
I'm gonna be enjoying the paperwork.
See you guys.
There was a lot of interest in this place.
However, with a lot of interest comes a lot of offers.
So the bank sent everyone back and said
you have to come forth with your absolute-best offers.
Because we were facing competition, we had to come up in price.
In fact, the brothers wanted to come in
above list price at $571,500.
Unfortunately, it wasn't enough.
We were beat out by another buyer.
Yeah, I mean, we're really disappointed.
This house was great -- It had great space,
great locations, and rental-income potential.
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DREW: I love real estate. You never know what's gonna happen.
And I always say the deal isn't done until the financing pans out.
Well, that offer on the schoolhouse -- It fell through.
The bank came back to us
because we were the next highest offer at $571,500.
But Chris and Mike, they want to play a little bit of hardball,
and they also wanted to get an appraisal.
The appraisal came back at $545,000.
So that's the limit. They don't want to go above that.
Hopefully the bank will work with us.
It makes me a little bit nervous, but I think this is the right move.
Tell me you have some good news.
Well, I wanted to see you in person
because I know it's been frustrating
dealing with the bank for the foreclosure.
I have a feeling that we need to come
a little bit higher in price.
I know you really want -- I'm just joking.
You got the house. $545,000.
[ Laughs ]
I want in on the happy dance. Come on. I need in here, too.
[ Laughter ]
Wow. They were excited.
But buying a house can be a wild ride.
I'm just glad that Chris and Mike held on tight.
Despite the multiple offers with the bank,
Chris and Mike came out on top,
and in the end, paid $545,000 for their new home,
giving them huge savings off the list price
and giving Jonathan a lot of extra cushion in the overall budget.
Hopefully six weeks will give him enough time
to get this place primed for Chris and Mike's future parties.
I've got to give it Drew.
He did a ***-up job securing this place.
So, now I can lock in my design and create a prime bachelor pad
that will put Chris and Mike's new house on the map
as the place to hang out.
I'm going for sophisticated style in the living room,
and the reconfigured kitchen and dining room will be massive,
giving them lots of space to throw huge parties.
What are you, a wimp?
You can't get through a little bit of drywall?
Wait. You guys obviously --
You need to head to the gym a little bit more.
This is a strong house. I say we leave it as is.
And we're...
Oh, my God.
Aaah! Whoo!
That was the weirdest technique I've ever seen.
Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!
We got a lot of work ahead of ourselves. Let's keep going.
Coming through.
Yeah, I think I found my calling.
The two-sledgehammer smash might be my new move.
He's a very powerful, powerful demolition man.
Tag, tag, tag.
[ Grunts ]
I like to smash first and then think
about what I'm smashing later.
[ Groans ]
I'm getting no damage done.
Don't blast through 'cause I'm working on the other side.
And watch for the electrical that's in there.
Oh, Mike. Mike. He just said watch out.
What did you do?
Chris did it.
Yeah.
I just told you be careful, that it's in the wall.
[ Beeping ]
That's live. That's live right there.
So, got to be careful.
That's the problem with these old houses --
You never know what's running anywhere.
We've shut this entire half of the house off.
That's still feeding separate.
So how do you feel about almost burning the house
Yeah...
I think I learned a valuable lesson in demo today,
which is maybe listen to Jonathan
and don't just swing away.
Hey, guys!
[ Toilet flushes ]
Oh.
So, one of you, lift it up. The other one can bag it.
All right.
Tag it and bag it.
All right. Get under there pretty quickly.
[ Grunting ] Tilt it.
Oh, my God.
Oh, baby. That's a toilet.
Soggy bag coming through.
You're gonna go three blocks down, take a left.
We're moving toilets.
[ Grunts ]
We're your neighbors.
JONATHAN: Mike and Chris are obviously popular guys
'cause they have this massive amount of friends that came over to help them.
And that's great 'cause we have a lot of work to do.
So we want to spread that work around a little.
[ Cheers ]
The cavalry has arrived.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
We're not actually unscrewed yet. All right.
All right.
Sometimes you think having extra hands is gonna make things go faster,
but we literally have too many cooks in the kitchen. So I think it's slowing us down.
JONATHAN: We scaled down our team so that we could be more efficient.
With the huge scope of work we have,
there's a ton of demo to do.
Some of it is really delicate work.
And some of it isn't.
So we've had a little bit more demo done.
Now we can open up the rest of the walls
and see what we're dealing with,
which is a little bit
of a plumbing and structural nightmare.
You'll see this main waste coming down here.
Well, that's a load-bearing wall,
and they've just sort of notched around it.
Plumbing costs are still gonna be about 2,500 bucks
'cause we have to relocate all of this.
Now, originally, we were only planning to fix leaks.
We figured we'd just have to do a couple things here and there.
So that's a hit to the budget that we have to deal with.
Yeah, that deals with the plumbing.
That doesn't deal with the framing.
So, as I mentioned, this is a load-bearing wall across here,
and we need put in a pretty substantial beam.
There's a little bit of rot that we have to reinforce,
and then we have to basically frame out the entire kitchen.
So I'm gonna have to have my engineer come in here
and figure out how to address the issues.
But based on what I can see,
I'd estimate around $6,500 in all.
[ Both laugh ]
Exactly.
Give us a minute.
That's a bigger number than the plumbing number.
With all the extra structural issues,
I'm gonna have a ton of work on my plate.
Trust me, if I could see through walls,
it would make my life a lot easier.
Chris and Mike need something
to take their mind off all the problems with the renovations,
so I'm taking them appliance shopping.
But this is gonna be an adventure
because I'm pretty sure when it comes to the kitchen,
they don't have a clue.
So cooktop. This is what it's gonna look like.
Do you want to go with something that's gas?
Do you want to go with something that's electric?
I want to go old-school -- keep it gassy.
This would be the fridge that I would suggest for you guys.
Tons of room, bottom freezer drawer,
side-by-side French doors.
This is what an oven is.
Okay.
I'm listening.
Whoa. Two at once?
And it comes with instructions so you can learn how to use it.
We're not opening a restaurant. What do we need two...
I think I used the oven once this year.
Everyone loves having the extra cooking appliance.
So I think it's better to have the double wall oven.
What are we missing?
Wait.
I'm thinking the adult version of the Kegerator.
We do a beautiful wine fridge.
CHRIS: Hoo. That is nice.
Yeah, that's a real piece right there, man.
I mean, we could fit beer in there, too.
You're thinking the ladies are gonna like this more?
I'm thinking you could use anything you can get.
[ Both laugh ]
Yeah, I think the wine cooler's more of a right of passage.
I think we've, you know, took off our training wheels,
dropped the Kegerator off at the frat house.
I'm worried.
You realize if you break it, we buy it.
Well, I was right in the sense
that they don't really know what they want in the kitchen.
They just know they want to impress.
Well, these appliances are gonna do that.
But I was impressed with them because they decided to go
with a wine cooler instead of that Kegerator.
So, I wish I had better news for you guys.
But we've encountered a problem already
that's gonna put us seriously behind schedule.
I had my engineer in,
and it's gonna be much worse than I originally thought.
We have uncovered so many structural issues
that we need to deal with.
You've got joints running in every different directions.
We've got point loads coming down
that don't follow all the way through to the basement.
In the basement, the footings that they have there
are not on the right place. We need to move those.
So, my engineer has to give the architect recommendations
on how to address these issues.
The architect is then gonna have to do new plans
we'll submit to the city.
Those new plans are gonna involve a lot more structure,
a much bigger beam,
most likely, new footings in the basement
and possibly moving one of the existing footings.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's 10 or 20 grand.
This is the part of the job that I hate.
Drew may love giving bad news. I do not.
And Chris and Mike,
this is the first house they've ever purchased,
first major reno.
It's just not the added stress they need.
Yeah, an 85-year-old home,
you expect, you know, some unforeseen things.
But to have this major stuff dropped on us today, it hurts.
At this point,
best-case scenario, we're off a couple weeks.
Worst-case scenario, it could be a month before we start.
Yeah, obviously not the news we were hoping to hear this morning,
but, I mean, in addition to the timeline,
that sounds like some expensive changes.
And it just seems like, with an old house,
I don't know how we couldn't have seen some of those coming.
Yeah, we keep tacking on more and more money,
and it's taking longer and longer.
[ Breathes deeply ]
Yeah, this better be it.
I mean, I don't know if we can take any more bad news.
I'm hoping that it's smooth sailing from here on out
because, honestly, I don't know what we're even gonna do
if we get some more bad news.
I mean, obviously, we can't take another $20,000 hit,
but even $1,000 here, $1,000 there, it's gonna be...
Yeah, the only other option is,
maybe renting out the house for the first year
and moving back in with the parents,
as much as that would be undesired.
It's frustrating because it's been a number of days already
since anyone's been at the house.
We don't know when any work is gonna take place.
So it's like nothing's going forward.
MIKE: Some of the most frustrating part is just not knowing, right?
Like, we started this process.
We had it all laid out, all the plans and timeline,
and then Jonathan told us that he really doesn't know
when the city permits are gonna come back.
It's kind of, you know, up to the city, so...
We're just waiting.
JONATHAN: It took two weeks, but finally, we got the new permits from the city,
and we're gonna go ahead and address all the structural issues.
It has really set us back, but we're putting in the transoms
and starting on the flooring.
The bad news is we're not just behind schedule,
we're also way over budget.
Obviously, we're a little bit behind.
I'm glad you're happy because I'm stressed.
I know you guys want to have this done.
We've put in some phenomenal features.
I love the transoms.
I think it's what this home originally would have had
and opens it up a little bit more.
The biggest issue we've had is structure.
We've had to do so much more
than what was originally planned.
Not only has it cost us a fortune,
but it's also slowed us down
to the point where we're two weeks behind schedule.
If you look at the extra expense that we've had just with this structure here,
it cost us another 500 bucks for the permits.
We had to have the engineer come in and inspect.
That was almost 800 bucks right there.
I mean, everything -- the additional beam,
the framing, the footings
that I've had to pour in your crawl space underneath --
We're over $10,000.
Some of that was already budgeted for,
but a lot of that is overage.
Yeah, I mean the structural issues were,
I mean, kind of a little heartbreaking for us.
I mean, dealing with the couple weeks of delay,
you know, we can kind of cope with that.
But the enormous amounts of over budget have kind of hurt.
You can tell that this beam it a beast.
We've got three LVLs sandwiching steel.
They're eye-bolted all the way through
and hurricane tied to the structure.
Technically, it is rated
that it will hold the structure above,
but I have a concern that I want to talk to you guys about,
and I know you're not gonna like it,
but it's something you may want to consider.
This is a massive span across here.
And it wouldn't be the first time that I've seen, over time,
it starts to sag a little bit in the middle.
Now, it's not like it's gonna collapse or anything like that,
but I don't want you to have
this beautiful clean line across your ceiling
and then you notice in a year
that it's sagged maybe an inch or so in the middle.
So my thought is that maybe on either side of the island,
we do a cool feature
and we put two columns going up, supporting it.
But we'll tie it in, we'll finish it off,
we'll make it look like a feature of the island.
Yeah, that --
I mean, just with the open concept we're going with,
that doesn't sound like something that is appealing.
Keep in mind there's gonna be a lot of space between them.
So it's not like they're blocking the view or anything.
You'll be able to see right through.
Yeah, but I think that's gonna take away
from the open-concept look we're going for.
That's my biggest fear,
is that we kind of lose that line of sight.
This is what I'm talking about.
And I don't think it's gonna look as bad as what you think.
That's gonna be hard to swing on.
It's not gonna be good for swinging on,
but we would do one on either side of the island,
and we would basically tie it straight in to the beam.
I mean, what's the probability
that we actually have some "dippage" in the ceiling.
I mean, I know you just talked
about the three LVLs and two steel beams.
I'm just coming from experience.
And the engineer has said this is rated, it will hold the load.
That's fine.
It is an extremely long distance,
and I have seen it in this exact scenario,
where all of a sudden, it does sag a little bit.
If you give us your lifetime guarantee
that you'll fix the "sagger," we're good.
I'm telling you right now how to fix it.
[ Laughs ]
No, I think we'll play it dangerous.
We'll live on the edge and go open concept.
I'm making a recommendation
because I think it's for the best.
They're making a recommendation based on, solely,
the fact that they want complete open concept.
The thing you have to understand,
we're two weeks behind schedule.
With the all the structural stuff we've been dealing with --
inspections, delayed materials, things like that --
we need to catch up.
There is no time to stop or slow things down now.
So this is your last chance to really point anything out
All right.
And as a concern with running late and running behind schedule,
is he gonna kind of, you know, speed and rush through some things?
Are we gonna miss some things?
So, hopefully that doesn't affect
his mind, his judgment, and his work.
Today was our original move-in day,
and there's nothing moving in but appliances,
which obviously we're not even ready for.
I've told Chris and Mike just to stay away.
I've got so much work to do over these next two weeks,
and somehow, I've got to get this budget back under control.
So I can't have them just adding their two cents worth,
and I do understand how frustrating that can be.
We were mentally prepared and ready to move out.
We have everything packed, ready to go.
So this has kind of put us in limbo.
We're kind of in between places right now,
and we're ready to move.
CHRIS: Yeah, I think we're really anxious about the cost.
We haven't got a final budget revision number.
So that's something we're worried about.
I'm doing my best.
I've managed to save some money in the kitchen
without sacrificing the design.
And we're working around the clock to get this finished.
I'm a week over schedule, I'm still over budget,
and there's a week-worth of work still ahead.
All of the trades are arriving at the same time,
which means full-on mayhem.
After all we've been through, I don't want
Chris and Mike to have to rent their house out and live with their parents
just to cover the cost of the overages.
I'm worried
I won't be able to get the budget back under control
and give them everything they want.
We're frustrated.
I think we've come to the point where, mentally, we're checked out.
We're ready to move in, and we're getting a little antsy here.
You did a really good job leveling out the floors.
I just love the fact that we kept the stained glass
because every great room needs a stained-glass feature.
I love the fact that you kept on budget.
I didn't think you were going to.
Two weeks with permit delays,
but I managed to balance the budget.
They're here.
Sometimes you just don't play along.
This has been a long journey, baby.
It's gonna be fun living here.
All right, come on in.
And...
open your eyes.
[ Laughs ] Wow.
MIKE: Whoo!
Wow.
Speechless.
Where do you start, guys? I mean, this is amazing.
Unbelievable, guys.
I'm ready. Dinner.
Service.
This is it, man. This is unbelievable. Wow.
I'm speechless. This room is --
It couldn't have turned out any better.
Wow.
DREW: The hardwood looks amazing.
I love that we were able to save the original hardwood floors.
So these are 85-year-old hardwood floors,
They look new.
I love the Edison lights up there.
JONATHAN: Yep, the Edison bulbs. I just love how raw it is.
DREW: He's learning. He's learning.
I feel like I'm brushing off on you.
JONATHAN: I know you're used to more casual dining,
but I really wanted to go with a more sophisticated design
and bring together some pieces that you can show off
and actually host adult dinner parties.
Hey, you're dressed for it.
Well, thank you very much.
Thank you. Thank you.
You wanted a place you can entertain.
You wanted to have a place that felt grown-up.
Is this a good step up from the pool house?
This is beautiful, man.
This is a very regal dining table.
Well, there's a little more than just the dining room.
One of the biggest transformations in this house
was the kitchen.
[ Exhales sharply ]
Wow.
This is amazing.
Imagine entertaining in this space.
This is incredible.
This is the largest island I've ever seen in my life.
I did not realize it would be as big as this.
And the sink on it, man -- This is a piece right here.
JONATHAN: I wanted to give you everything that you asked for,
except the Kegerator.
I'm glad you switched it up to the wine fridge.
It's just much more in keeping with your maturing style.
It is an awesome space.
And I love the color on the walls.
I love this light fixture up here.
I mean, you really nailed our taste.
JONATHAN: You have a massive pantry. So so much storage in here.
But the kitchen itself is huge.
Remember there used to be a wall down the middle and a wall over here?
JONATHAN: And we had so many problems,
especially with the structural issues.
We had to redraw the plans and get new permits.
We ended up way behind our timeline,
but it still all came together.
To come in today and to see everything the way it is,
it's, you know, really made this journey kind of worthwhile.
Excellent, guys.
DREW: This is all top-of-the-line in here -- top-of-the-line appliances.
But you also have a top-of-the-line game room.
[ Light laughter ]
I don't want to ruin it yet.
Let me know when.
CHRIS: Wow.
Turn around.
Whoo!
CHRIS: It actually works.
It really does.
And what do you think? I mean, a stained-glass window --
It looks like it's a feature of the space.
It looks like it's meant to be here.
You know what?
It looks beautiful, guys. It really does.
And the color, man.
That old color that was kind of like a dark brownish --
I think y'all lightened the walls up a little bit,
and I think it makes a big difference.
And I think it goes great with the pool table and the glass window.
I have to give it to you guys.
The tile surround looks amazing.
Guys, it's way more beautiful than I thought it would be.
Who likes to play a little pool?
You guys have outdone yourselves.
$5 a ball?
And this kind of has that restored-wood feel.
I'm sure it's a -- Maybe it's a new table.
Maybe you guys found it on the street,
but it looks [Smooch] très bien.
It is a brand-new table, and we chose the style of it
so that it ties into some of the rustic elements of the house.
We chose the color for the felt
so it ties into your more masculine color theme.
You guys think of everything.
You guys came through. I'll give it to you.
I was doubting you guys at some points, but you guys really --
[ Laughs ]
Really, until now I was doubting you guys.
[ All groan ]
This one, you'll go through the wall.
What was I thinking getting you your own pool table?
This was such an elegant room to begin with,
and I thought the design should live up to that --
and so should you two.
Your suits are a good start, but you're gonna need to practice.
I think this is a good chance for Drew and I to take off
and leave you guys to enjoy the place.
Congratulations.
Man, thank you so much, guys. This is amazing, man.
You guys, you deserve it.
You deserve it. You guys will have fun.
Enjoy the pool table. Enjoy the entire house.
And I expect that call for the first party.
Sounds good. See you, guys.
Make sure your cellphone's on because it's going down tonight.
Looks good, man. Looks good.
[ Both grunt ]
This is amazing!
I'm going down. I'm going down.
[ Laughs ]
This renovation resulted
in a major transformation on all levels,
and now Chris and Mike
have a house that's perfectly suited to them.
They paid $545,000 for the house.
But with a growing wish list,
structural issues, and permit delays,
Jonathan was put to the test,
but still managed to keep the cost
below their max budget of $690,000,
leaving Chris and Mike a little extra cash
to throw their first party.
Well, that was wild, but they love it.
Yeah, they have some funky style.
Kind of reminds me of you in high school.
You did not.
Oh, and your '90s perm was so much better.
Hey, it was cool at the time.
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